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|return_text=that is '''src''' with all upper-case characters.
|return_text=that is '''src''' with all upper-case characters.
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|caveats=*There is no llToProperCase, which would capitalize the first letter of a word, in LSL.
|caveats=*There is no Linden Library "llToProperCase", which would return ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_case correctly]'' capitalized strings; However, there are user functions that do this: [[User:Fred_Gandt/Scripts/Functions#ToNormal|ToNormal]]
*The function also works for many characters outside the 7-bit ASCII range, especially latin, cyrillic and greek, but not all characters tagged as "lowercase" in the Unicode specification are converted.
|constants
|constants
|examples=
|examples=
<lsl>string msg = "I like candy!";
<source lang="lsl2">string msg = "I like candy!";
string p = llToUpper(msg);
string p = llToUpper(msg);
llOwnerSay(p);//Will say "I LIKE CANDY!"</lsl>
llOwnerSay(p);//Will say "I LIKE CANDY!"</source>
|helpers
|helpers
|also_functions={{LSL DefineRow||[[llToLower]]}}
|also_functions={{LSL DefineRow||[[llToLower]]}}
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|also_events
|also_events
|also_articles
|also_articles
|notes=<s>This may only work on characters in the ASCII7 range. {{Jira|SVC-3760}} </s>
|cat1=String
|cat1=String
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Latest revision as of 09:17, 16 October 2023

Summary

Function: string llToUpper( string src );

Returns a string that is src with all upper-case characters.

• string src

The opposite is llToLower.

Caveats

  • There is no Linden Library "llToProperCase", which would return correctly capitalized strings; However, there are user functions that do this: ToNormal
  • The function also works for many characters outside the 7-bit ASCII range, especially latin, cyrillic and greek, but not all characters tagged as "lowercase" in the Unicode specification are converted.
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Examples

string msg = "I like candy!";
string p = llToUpper(msg);
llOwnerSay(p);//Will say "I LIKE CANDY!"

See Also

Functions

•  llToLower

Deep Notes

All Issues

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   Unicode behavior of llToUpper and llToLower is inconsistent and broken

Signature

function string llToUpper( string src );